OUR HISTORY
Substrate AI is an Artificial Intelligence company, listed on BME Growth, that develops infrastructure and its own AI software as a service, focused on agents, providing services to clients in various sectors such as health, energy, legal and human resources, with a strong network of partners.
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PARTNERS
ORGANIZATION
SENIOR EXECUTIVES

José Iván García - CEO
He began his career as an analyst in the financial sector. In 2010 he founded with Lorenzo Serratosa KAU Gestión de Activos, S.L. (currently called KAU Markets EAF, S.L.), and Substrate AI. He has been Director of Strategic Management and member of the Investment Committee of KAU Markets EAF and has worked as an advisor to several financial institutions such as Renta 4 Banco, Inversis and Andbank. He currently advises Fonvalcem FI and the three funds of the Formula KAU range and is CEO of Substrate AI and partner of GBR Almazaf, S.L., a company specialized in the real estate sector. José holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Valencia, with a specialization in Financial Management. He is a member of the executive and supervisory board.

Mani Masshafi - CEO AI Factories
Mani brings over a decade of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud computing, and AI. He has supported large enterprises and numerous AI startups in scaling multi-cloud and GPU infrastructure to meet the demands of next-generation workloads. Previously in senior leadership roles at top tech firms, he led global go-to-market strategies and built international partnerships across Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East. Today, Mani is focused on building sovereign AI factories across Europe to help governments, enterprises, and startups stay competitive in the global AI race.

Samuel Akdemir - COO AI Factories
With more than 25 years of technology and leadership experience, Samuel Akdemir began his career at Oracle, where he spent more than two decades in senior sales leadership roles across Europe. In 2023, he became COO of NexGen Cloud, playing a key role in growing the company from 15 to 125 employees and positioning it as a competitive player in GPU-based cloud infrastructure. Since 2024, Samuel has advised infrastructure and artificial intelligence companies on scaling, commercialization and operational excellence.

Vivek Ramchander - VP Engineering AI Factories
With 22 years of industry experience with roles at ITC, TCS and HP, and a decade-long career at NVIDIA, he has led global teams and delivered numerous platform solutions such as NVIDIA SLI with NVLink on the NVIDIA NForce MCP platform in 2007, Tesla's first Autopilot system on NVIDIA Drive PX in 2014, and around AI/Computing, ranging from data center and rack-scale integrations for GPU-based training to GPU and CPU-based Inference.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lorenzo Serratosa - Chairman
Lorenzo began his career as an advisor to various investment funds and family-owned companies and has more than 25 years of experience in the financial sector and business management. In 2010 he founded together with José Iván García, KAU Gestión de Activos, S.L. (currently KAU Markets EAF, S.L.), a financial advisory firm exclusively for Andbank Wealth Management's investment fund Fonvalcem FI, and Substrate AI where he has provided financial training and regulated advice.
From KAU Markets EAF he has worked as an advisor for institutions such as Renta4, Inversis and Andbank, where he remains as advisor to its Fonvalcem FI Fund and the three funds of the Formula KAU range.
He is currently a director of Valpisan, S.L., a family office focused on the real estate, agricultural and industrial sectors, and Substrate AI. Lorenzo holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Valencia.
Lorenzo is a member of the executive and supervisory board.

José Iván García - CEO
He began his career as an analyst in the financial sector. In 2010 he founded with Lorenzo Serratosa KAU Gestión de Activos, S.L. (currently called KAU Markets EAF, S.L.), and Substrate AI. He has been Director of Strategic Management and member of the Investment Committee of KAU Markets EAF and has worked as an advisor to several financial institutions such as Renta 4 Banco, Inversis and Andbank. He currently advises Fonvalcem FI and the three funds of the Formula KAU range and is CEO of Substrate AI and partner of GBR Almazaf, S.L., a company specialized in the real estate sector. José holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Valencia, with a specialization in Financial Management. He is a member of the executive and supervisory board.

Christopher Dembik - Independent Director
Christopher is an economist with over 10 years of experience in finance and economics. He also has experience in banking and public policy. He is currently Head of Macroeconomic Analysis at the investment bank Saxo Bank in Paris. He is a member of the Polish economic think tank Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE) and a former advisor to several French MPs and presidential candidates. Prior to joining Saxo Bank, he worked as an analyst for the German investment bank Berenberg, for an Israeli financial start-up and for the French Treasury. He holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and an MBA from the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is co-author of "The Greatest Contemporary Economic Debates" (Ellipses, 2016) and "Money: Functions, Monetary Transmission Mechanism and Evolution" (Ellipses, 2017).

José Corral - Independent Director
First dean of the Notarial Association of Cantabria at its creation in 2009. In the General Council of Notaries he has had various responsibilities, including being part of the Standing Committee of the Council, was responsible for new technologies, member of the board of ANCERT (technology center of notaries) and spokesman of the General Council.